CMS to post more nursing home ownership data, facility health data for first time when it unfreezes star...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 03, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin posting certain nursing home ownership information and aggregated MDS data for all residents at a facility.
Study looks at co-use of CYP2D6-metabolizing opioids, antidepressants in seniors
Jul 22, 2024
CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants were linked to worse outcomes than CYP2D6-neutral antidepressants when used with CYP2D6-metabolizing opioids.
US healthcare spending for NFs and CCRCs to reach $337.4 billion by 2032, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
National health expenditures for nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities are expected to reach $337.4 billion by 2032, according to new estimates released Wednesday by the Office...
‘Private equity abuse’ in long-term care is target of new federal bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
Two Democratic senators from Massachusetts have introduced a bill they say is meant to “root out corporate greed and private equity abuse” in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health...
Ignite Medical Resorts breaks ground on its first new construction since 2020
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
Chicago-based Ignite Medical Resorts broke ground Thursday on a new skilled nursing facility in Batavia, IL. The company’s first new construction project since 2020 comes at a time when financing and...
SNFs face ‘increased and increasingly hostile’ government scrutiny, attorneys say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
The increased scrutiny facing nursing home providers since the COVID-19 pandemic includes “overall increased and increasingly sort of hostile approach by surveyors in the quality-of-care area,” according...
Assisted living’s ‘fragile’ workforce is under ‘threat’ from SNF staffing rule: NCAL leaders
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
Assisted living providers must brace for the impact of increased regulation, experts at the AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing warned Monday.
DOJ hits telehealth firm for $4.6M in false claims settlement involving nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 14, 2024
A company that provides mental telehealth services to skilled nursing residents has agreed to pay the federal government $4.6 million to resolve false claims allegations.
Brookdale finds itself in the midst of another federal inquiry, this time about skilled nursing
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The country’s largest senior living company on Sunday found itself the subject of an inquiry related to a new federal mandate for minimum staffing at nursing homes. Brookdale Senior Living President...